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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Welcome Imogene

Angelo and Esther welcomed Imogene Finch to their world this week. She's precious, of course. And lucky her, arriving into their family -- what a trio they must be. I raise my glass to this beloved daughter of dearest friends.

P.S. Birthdays within four days won't necessarily unite Ezra and Imogene as kindred spirits later in life, but that is my secret hope.

P.P.S. Little Imogene also has the best punk-rock birthday around, showing up on the date immortalized by NOFX in my favourite song of theirs. Somehow you just know this kid is going to be too cool for school. I thought the last few lines might have captured a bit of how Esther was feeling toward the end of the pregnancy, it's good fun either way:

August 8th

the air is sweet, the summer flowers bloomin' nowhere in sight is there anything greyfeelings of joy are filling the streetyeah, August 8th is beautiful day

like waking up from a f*cked up dream,suddenly everything's looking goodthere's been no permanent damage doneyeah, August 8th came right when it should

Beautiful baby! So nice to have friends with a Baby Ezra's SAME age, so cute!

Jaia and I were in the car, I was pulling out, the car felt weird, I got out to look at the tires, and I had a flat tire! Oh man! I called Robin, even though he didn't have anyway of getting I still called him, cause that is what you do when faced with a dilema: call your husband! So when I talked to him, he said, "Tannis, Jeremy and their children are here". I said, "are you kidding me? The morning I am up and about and ready to go down to the Bean to get a drink, they are their and I have a flat!!" Oh well.I don't want to bug you guys, I know how precious and sacred the first little bit is when you have a newborn. Enjoy it and well bug ya later! Say hi to Tannis for me, my internest friends whom I've never met!

Ummmm... That song is about how happy Fat Mike was when he found out that Jerry Garcia was dead. He's laughing at the hippies who were crying over the death of their favourite artist... Later he admitted that he was so stoned when he wrote the song that he messed up the date and didn't realise it should have been Aug 9th, the actual day Garcia died.

Dude, relax. I couldn't really care less about any Grateful Dead or why these guys wrote the song -- it's one of my favourites and I thought it was cool she was born on the day in the title. August 8th came right when it should...not so much a dedication as a neat coincidence and some funny lyrics that fit.

Hey Kaili, sorry fate intervened. Next time let's set it up properly...e-mail or call any time. Newborn time is precious, but keep in mind that this is the third time around for us...we're getting up to speed really quickly.

Hey Nicole, I've also been a fan of Frou Frou and Imogen Heap for a while. Her cover of "Holding Out For a Hero" on the Shrek2 soundtrack is one of our girls' most-loved dance songs. Little different spelling on the name, but both are supercool.

Our introduction to a pop-culture Imogene came through a favourite book around here: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. That Imogene is a sort of anti-heroine, but steals the show in the end. Classic...